spiffyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈspɪfi/
• 韻: -ɪfi

形容詞

spiffy (comparative spiffier, superlative spiffiest)

1. (informal) Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance.
   • 1852, “How Jeremiah Tubbs became engaged in the Irish elections of 1852”, in New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 66:

     He was “great” (as he expressed it) with the Bloomer who kept the bar where their club was held, and whom he styled “a spiffy girl,” and who had been graciously pleased to accept of a pair of very Brummagem-looking earrings, set with paste diamonds, with which he had presented her.

   • 1906 August 26, “Newport News in London”, in The New York Times, page 9:

     The charming twins came last week, and you should see their clothes. ‘Spiffy’ is the word.

   • 2004, MF DOOM, “Vomitspit”, in MM..FOOD:

     Plead the fifth, sip wine stiffly / Patiently come up and be spiffy in a jiffy

同意語

• snazzy
• spiffing
• spivvy

派生語

• spiffily
• spiffiness

関連する語

• spiv
• spiff up
• spruce up

名詞

spiffy (plural spiffies)

1. (informal) A dapper person.

参照

• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.